Lego to launch sustainable, plant-based plastic pieces

The plant-based polyethylene will have the same properties as conventional polyethylene.
Sourced from sugarcane, production of the new pieces is already underway.

Toy producer Lego has declared it is to make some of its pieces, including leaves, shrubs and trees, from maintainable, plant-based plastic.

The material will be sourced from sugarcane and generation of the pieces, or "components," has just begun. They will be propelled for the current year, the Danish business said Thursday.

"We are glad that the principal Lego components produced using reasonably sourced plastic are underway and will be in Lego boxes this year," Tim Brooks, the Lego Group's VP for ecological duty, said in an announcement. "This is an extraordinary initial phase in our eager responsibility of making all Lego blocks utilizing reasonable materials."

The new pieces are to be produced using an adaptable, delicate and sturdy plastic called polyethylene. Lego said that regardless of being founded on sugarcane, quality would be kept up. "Youngsters and guardians won't see any distinction in the quality or appearance of the new components, since plant-based polyethylene has an indistinguishable properties from customary polyethylene," Brooks said.

Lego is focusing on zero waste in activities and has resolved to utilize maintainable materials in its center items and bundling by 2030. The business is likewise an individual from the RE100, a worldwide activity made up of a portion of the world's greatest organizations that is focused on sustainable power.